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Countries

Countries

China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

North Korea, South Korea
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

The National Institute of the Korean Language
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Interesting Facts

  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.

Similar To

Chinese and Japanese languages
Thai Language

Derived From

-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4053
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2128
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1927
9 60
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Scripts

Hangul
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

하십시오 (hasibsio)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

안녕 (annyeong)
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Jeju
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

South Korea
Laos

How Many People Speak

10,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gyeongsang
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

South Korea
Laos

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hamgyŏng
Central Lao

Where They Speak

China, North Korea
Laos

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

126
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

77.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.14 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

77.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

77.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

한국어 (조선말)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

coréen
lao

German Name

Koreanisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[hangukmal]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Koreans
Lao people

History

Origin

Before 1st century
1283 CE

Language Family

Koreanic Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Lao

Language Position

1243
1 120
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Signed Forms

Korean Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ko
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kor
lao

ISO 639 2/B

kor
lao

ISO 639 3

Kor
lao

ISO 639 6

kor
lao

Glottocode

kore1280
laoo1244

Linguasphere

45-AAA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Isolating

Korean and Lao Alphabets

Korean and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Korean and Lao. In Korean Alphabets there are 40 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Korean and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Korean and Lao languages. The Korean phonology consist Korean vowels and Korean consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Korean greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Korean and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Korean and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Korean and Lao Speaking population

Korean and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Lao on Korean vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Lao Language Codes

Korean and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.